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Subject: Re: One easy mate to solve.

Author: Heiner Marxen

Date: 21:53:48 11/09/01

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On November 09, 2001 at 11:03:54, leonid wrote:

>On November 09, 2001 at 09:17:31, Paul wrote:
>
>>On November 09, 2001 at 08:07:10, leonid wrote:
>>
>>>[D]nqbqrrQ1/k4P2/4N3/1RRNBK2/2Q5/1N4b1/Bqpqpnq1/8 w - -
>>>
>>>Please indicate your result.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Leonid.
>>
>>Hi guys!
>
>Hi!
>
>>Mine finds this mate so incredibly fast, that I (almost) don't believe it:
>>
>>00:03 WM13 09 Bxb8+ Bxb8 Qa4+ Ba6 Rb7+ Kxb7 Nxd8+ Rxd8 Rb5+ Bxb5 Qxb5+ Ka7 Qa4+
>>Qa5 Qxa5+ Kb7 Qb5+ Ka7 Qa4+ Kb7 Nc5+ Kc8 Qa6+ Qb7 Qxb7#
>
>You found very quickly indeed. Mine took 1.64 sec to find mate in 13 by
>selective.
>
>This mate is mate in 13. I went only 12 moves by brute force to be sure about
>its depth. Branching factor is very nice on this position and by brute force it
>is not difficult to solve it even 13 moves deep.

Ah, yes, you are right.  Chest thinks also that this is a mate in 13:

PV: Bxb8+ Bxb8 Qa4+ Ba6 Rb7+ Kxb7 Nxd8+ Rxd8 Rb5+ Bxb5 Qxb5+ Ka7 Qa4+ Qa5 Qxa5+
Kb7 Qb5+ Ka7 Qa4+ Kb7 Nc5+ Kc8 Qa6+ Qb7 Qxb7#

Uhh... that is exactly Paul's PV, isn't it?

It was a relatively easy job, with a very small EBF: 320 seconds on my K7/600:
#  1      0.00s                 0kN           0.87          1-         0
#  2      0.00s                 0kN           1.00          1-         0
#  3      0.00s                 1kN [  9.31]  0.94         54-         0
#  4      0.05s                 3kN [  5.96]  1.04        379-         0
#  5      0.26s [  5.20]       13kN [  3.99]  1.23       1673-         0
#  6      0.89s [  3.42]       40kN [  3.13]  1.67       6039-         0
#  7      2.57s [  2.89]      107kN [  2.67]  2.41      17894-         0
#  8      6.40s [  2.49]      255kN [  2.37]  3.47      43831-         0
#  9     14.53s [  2.27]      571kN [  2.24]  4.88      97424-         0
# 10     30.51s [  2.10]     1202kN [  2.11]  6.71     203223-         0
# 11     63.00s [  2.06]     2497kN [  2.08]  8.71     427138-         0
# 12    133.75s [  2.12]     5422kN [  2.17] 10.72     950362-         0
# 13    319.28s [  2.39]    13493kN [  2.49] 11.95    2466562-       223

>>That's quite a difference with the last one, isn't it! And for Heiner: now I'm
>>pretty sure you'll find something shorter ... ;)

So much about "pretty sure" ;-}
You lost!  Or did you win?  :-))   Ahh, now I see: Pretz did win ;-)
He is much smarter than its author... no, I did not say that <grin>.

>>Groetjes from sunny but cold Amsterdam,

Weather here around is similar: cold, but mostly sunny (over the day).

>Cheers from Montreal where it is better to stay indoor. Windy and cold.
>
>Leonid.
>
>>Paul

Cheers,
Heiner



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